Â¦ SELLING a Yes vote in the Fiscal Compact referendum presents the Government with a dilemma. The most powerful argument for signing up is that only signatories to the compact will have access to the eurozone bail-out fund - and we will almost certainly need another bail-out when the current...

Japan will buy bonds from the eurozone's permanent bailout fund to bolster its crisis-fighting capacity, the finance minister said. The country bought 7 bil euros of bonds from the eurozone's temporary rescue fund.